A decent Sony on
www.buy.com...
http://www.buy.com/prod/sony-vaio-fw...210566841.html
The Studio XPS model from Dell fits yer price range (base model) and looks to be a ver well rounded machine for what your saying she needs...
http://www.dell.com/content/products...=19&l=en&s=dhs
Obviously...throwin a little more $ at it would get you into the 'Bundle' which is actually a pretty good savings over buying those upgrades separately later.
I never seem to have the money for what it is I actually want to get, but end up exceeding my budget a little every time just to try to stay ahead of the curve.
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